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Latin American Film Festival
Nov 1-Nov 7
Beirut
Head to the Metropolis Empire Sofil for a grand display of Latin American film talent. There will also be a book conference on November 5 with Sergio Becerra presenting, "First Middle East Contemporary Cinema Exhibition".
Tue 1
6pm Cementerio de los elefantes Dir. Tonchy Antezana. 2009. 81mins. Bolivia. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm La vida de los peces Dir. Matias Bize. 2010. 84mins. Chile. Spanish with English subtitles.
Wed 2
6pm A bela e o paparazzo Dir. Antonio-Pedro Vasconcelos. 2010. 106mins. Portugal. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm Tres Veces Dos Dir. Miguel Coyula. 2010. 112mins. Cuba. Spanish with English subtitles.
Thur 3
6pm Los punos e una nacion Dir. Pituka Ortega-Heilbron. 2006. 75mins. Panama. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm Brasil Animado Dir. Mariana Caltabiano. 2011. 75mins. Brazil. Spanish with English subtitles.
Fri 4
6pm Dos Hermanos Dir. Daniel Burman. 2010. 105mins. Argentinia. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm Las buenas hierbas Dir. Maria Novaro. 2010. 120mins. Mexico. Spanish with English subtitles.
Sat 5
6pm Claroscuro, hasta siempre Dir. Ana Lucia Faerron. 2008. 40mins. Costa Rica. Spanish with English subtitles.
6pm La polvera Dir. Rosa Jijon. 2006. 30mins. Ecuador. Spanish with English subtitles.
6pm Cuando sonaba un mundo al reves Dir. Jorge Dalton. 2006. 25mins. El Salvador. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm Amrika, Amrika Dir. Sara Harb. 2010. 52mins. Colombia. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm Querido Camio Dirs. Julio Molina. 2007. 52mins. Guatemala. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm Karia Norte Dir. Marcelo Martinessi. 2009. 19mins. Paraguay. Spanish with English subtitles.
Sun 6
6pm Ladrones y mentirosos Dir. Ricardo Mendez Matt. 2006. 115mins. Puerto Rico. Spanish with English subtitles.
8pm El bano del Papa Dirs. Cesar Charlone and Enrique Fernandez. 2007. 97mins. Uruguay. Spanish with English subtitles.
Mon 7
6pm Una sombra al frente Dir. Augusto Tamayo Vargas. 2008. 135mins. Peru. Spanish with English subtitles.
8.30pm Tambien la lluvia Dir. Iciar Bollain. 2010. 104mins. Spain. Spanish with English subtitles.
Metropolis Empire Sofil
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Apologies to those expecting to see Memorias del Desarrollo. The Festival removed the film from its program at the last minute, due to pressure from the Cuban Embasy. And was replaced with Tres Veces Dos. Memorias del Desarrollo, has won already 18 awards and was chosed as the best Cuban Film of the year by The International Film Guide. The excuse from the Cuban Embassy in Beirut was that it was not